First round of the 1999 Formula One World Championship
1999 Australian Grand Prix
Race 1 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date
7 March 1999
Official name
1999 Qantas Australian Grand Prix
Location
Albert Park, Melbourne, Australia
Course
Temporary street circuit
Course length
5.303 km (3.295 miles)
Distance
57 laps, 302.271 km (187.823 miles)
Scheduled distance
58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 miles)
Weather
Sunny and dry with temperatures reaching up to 19 °C (66 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver
Mika Häkkinen
McLaren-Mercedes
Time
1:30.462
Fastest lap
Driver
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
Time
1:32.112 on lap 55
Podium
First
Eddie Irvine
Ferrari
Second
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
Jordan-Mugen-Honda
Third
Ralf Schumacher
Williams-Supertec
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 1999 Australian Grand Prix (formally the 1999 Qantas Australian Grand Prix)[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 7 March 1999 at the Albert Park Circuit. The 57-lap race was the first round of the 1999 Formula One World Championship, the 50th World Championship season in the history of Formula One.
Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard dominated in practice and the opening stage of the race but retired with technical problems; the new McLaren MP4/14 proved to be very fast but not yet reliable, a trait shared by a number of Adrian Newey designed cars.[3] Michael Schumacher also had problems during this eventful race, which gave his Ferrari teammate Eddie Irvine the opportunity to take his first Grand Prix victory. He made no mistakes and beat Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Ralf Schumacher to the finish by a few seconds. It was Frentzen's first race at Jordan-Mugen-Honda.[4]
^Weather info for the 1999 Australian Grand Prix at Weather Underground
^"1999 Qantas Australian Grand Prix – Race Result". Formula1.com. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
^"McLaren Racing - Heritage - MP4-14". www.mclaren.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
^"Selected Drivers and Team Quotes - Australian Grand Prix". Atlasf1.com. 7 March 1999. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
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